Local 815, International Longshoreman's Ass'n v. Brazil

DECISION AND ORDER

MYRON L. GORDON, District Judge.

This court conducted a bench trial in the above-captioned action in which the plaintiff, Local 815, International Longshoreman’s Association, AFL — CIO [“Local 815”], alleged that the defendant, a former officer of Local 815, had violated his fiduciary duty to the union. Specifically, Local 815 argued that Mr. Brazil had used union funds and the union’s credit card for personal expenditures and that he had taken overtime and other wages to which he was not entitled. In its complaint, the plaintiff asked the court to find that Mr. Brazil’s…